On October 9, Mr. Tran Thanh Huyen - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Con Dao district - said that he had issued a decision to administratively sanction a person caught red-handed transporting many long-tailed monkeys in the district.
Previously, on September 30, Mr. N.M.P (born in 1986) was discovered and caught red-handed by the authorities transporting monkeys from the edge of the forest to the beach at the end of Ben Dam route (Residential area No. 10, Con Dao district).
Through inspection, the authorities identified 17 long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis), an animal species listed in the List of endangered, precious, and rare forest plants and animals in Group IIB, with a total weight of 33.5 kg. Of these, 10 individuals were dead, while 7 were alive but weakened and had no legal forest product records.
The force has drawn up a record of administrative violations, temporarily detained the above exhibits and organized an appraisal. The appraisal result of the above exhibits has a total value of 8,917,600 VND.
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 22 of Decree No. 35/2019/ND-CP (amended and supplemented at Point c, Clause 13, Article 1 of Decree No. 07/2022/ND-CP) regulating administrative sanctions in the field of Forestry, the People's Committee of Con Dao district issued a decision to fine N.M.P VND 17.5 million; confiscate all evidence of violation; and force payment of the fine within 10 days from the date of receipt of the decision.
